Abbots Leigh Voyage Tips and guide

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Abbots Leigh is a small village just outside of Bristol along the A369 towards the M5 motorway. It is well worth a visit. You can go and see where the Priory Monks used to bathe and go wild swimming at Abbots Pool. It is now a conservation lake with plenty of birds and a few small water falls.

The Priory has been converted into a private house but there are many tunnels under the house leading in many directions. It is believed that the church and Leigh Court are two of the places that are linked to the Priory by tunnels.

There is the old pub, The George Inn and the tree opposite is where King Charles I hid from Cromwell's army on his way to escape to France in 1651. Nearby, is also the mansion Leigh Court where he stayed before going through some secret tunnels in the cellar of the Manor down to the Avon River.

You can read more about the History of Abbots Leigh